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A severe drought from May through June over Brazil’s main center-south cane crop will trim sugar and ethanol output

July 23, 2010 - 12:44pm
Drought to trim Brazil CS sugar output-Datagro Reuters Africa By Reese Ewing SAO PAULO, July 23 (Reuters) – A severe drought from May through June over Brazil’s main center-south cane crop will trim sugar and ethanol …


The firm demand and crimped availability that are driving sugar prices higher are as uncertain as the weather, Rabobank says in a market letter.

July 23, 2010 - 12:04pm
DJ MARKET TALK: Sugar Market Outlook Remains Uncertain Rabobank It’s questionable if the increase in sugar buying for import is temporary or will be sustained. Weather-related market developments throw another unknown …


“The government will have to urgently import before stocks run out,” Iskander Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association, said by phone from Islamabad. Current inventories of 800,000 tons will last only until September, he said.

July 23, 2010 - 6:10am
Sugar Heads for Longest Streak of Weekly Advances Since January on Demand Bloomberg … that demand remains robust in a deficit market. The South Asian nation may need to import as much as 700000 metric tons of white sugar by September, …


India – ISMA’s estimates are also at odds with the government’s assessment. The food ministry had recently projected carryover stocks at less than 2mt.

July 21, 2010 - 6:16pm
Sugar data in a cloud amid factory-farmers tussle Economic Times Farmers groups have charged the industry of manipulating data on sugarcane acreage and sugar production to prop up market sentiment, an allegation that ISMA …


Azerbaijan imported 156,743.3 tons of sugar in first half of 2010,

July 21, 2010 - 3:28am
NewsAz Azerbaijan increases sugar import in first half News.az Sugar import has increased by 11.6% compared to JanuaryJune 2009 sources in the State Customs Committee said. In 2009 Azerbaijan imported 306744.9 tons of …


Ukraine – Astarta may increase output to 320,000 metric tons up 42 percent Chief Executive Officer Viktor Ivanchyk said.

July 21, 2010 - 1:32am
Astarta, Ukraine’s Biggest Sugar Refiner, to Boost Output, Ivanchyk Says Bloomberg This year, the Agriculture Ministry forecast the sugar beet harvest will be 17 million tons, up 70 percent from last year. The government expects refined …


Mexico’s 2009-2010 sugar harvest yielded production of 4.825 million metric tons of sugar, down 2.8% from 4.962 million in the previous season, the Agriculture Ministry said.

July 21, 2010 - 1:04am
DJ Mexico's 2009-2010 Sugar Harvest Ends At 4.825M Tons -Ministry MEXICO CITY, Jul 20, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) Mexico’;s 2009-2010 sugar harvest yielded production of 4.825 million metric tons of


European Union sugar production may fall because of dry weather in the region, according to an official at the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm.

July 20, 2010 - 12:12pm
EU Sugar Production May Fall Because of Dry Weather BusinessWeek European Union sugar production may fall because of dry weather in the region, according to an official at the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm.


Jamaica is among two of five member countries of the Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) which were still in production at the end of last month.

July 20, 2010 - 10:24am
Sugar production on target for July Go Jamaica According to SAC data, total sugar production for the year to date amounted to 453, 320 tonnes. The association says Guyana has completed its first crop and …


India – The country is expected to have sugar stocks of 5.9 million tonnes in the current crop year, ending September, about 84 per cent more than the previous year,

July 20, 2010 - 6:48am
ISMA expects sugar stocks to increase to 5.9 mn tn in 2009-10 Economic Times 20 Jul 2010, 1749 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The country is expected to have sugar stocks of 5.9 million tonnes in the current crop year, ending September,


Pierre-Henri Dietz, analyst a sugar merchant Sucden, warned that New York raw sugar prices will in “the medium term… recover a downward trend to $0.12-0.14 cents [per pound] range”.

July 19, 2010 - 11:54am
Sugar prices set for stormy decline of up to 30% Agrimoney.com Furthermore, the size of India’s swings in sugar production was “becoming too large for… the sugar market” which “will remain volatile given this risk”


Brazilian Port constraints are shown to reduce tonnage shipped Jly/Sep 2010 by 580000 tonnes of raws and 450000 tonnes of whites.

July 19, 2010 - 4:14am
In the last three months only of Crop Year Oct 09 to Oct 10,  Port constraints are shown to reduce tonnage shipped by 580000 tonnes of raws and 450000 tonnes of whites.  In addition, there is an increase in market prices of USD60/MT and USD55/MT-USD75/MT for Raw and Whites Fobs Brazil [...]


Thailand – “Exports next year will probably be around 3.7 million to 3.9 million metric tons as drought has damaged crops and hurt yields,” director of the Cane and Sugar Industry Policy Bureau, said today

July 14, 2010 - 11:03pm
Thai Sugar Exports Next Year May Tumble 20% on Delayed Rain Washington Post … hurt yields,” Rangsit Hiangrat, director of the Cane and Sugar Industry Policy Bureau, said today on the sidelines of a conference in Bali, Indonesia. …


How to Model the Sugar Market – a bottom-up approach.

July 14, 2010 - 3:10am
How to Model the Sugar Market – a bottom-up approach Sugarflows. A focus on the main participants and their activities in the sugar market is used to develop a model that provides an updated outlook on forward prices, volumes within a formal structure.


El Salvador closes crop with record 598,000 mts

July 14, 2010 - 2:29am
Zafra cerró con récord de 13 mlls. de quintales El Mundo (El Salvador) La zafra 2009-2010 cerró con una producción de 13 millones de quintales de azúcar, lo que ha significado un aumento en productividad histórico, afirmó Mario …


Sugar output in Brazil’s Center South, the world’s largest producing region, will rise less than expected this year as dry weather harms crops, industry group Unica said.

July 14, 2010 - 2:19am
Brazil Sugar-Cane Dryness to Pare Output This Year, Unica Says BusinessWeek July 13 (Bloomberg) — Sugar output in Brazil’s Center South, the world’s largest producing region, will rise less than expected this year as dry weather …


The July issue of the SUGAR AND SWEETENERS OUTLOOK is available

July 14, 2010 - 2:18am
The July issue of the SUGAR AND SWEETENERS OUTLOOK is available in PDF format. You are able to view this publication at: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1386


Peru – Government to sell its shares in 5 sugar mills at end of this year.

July 14, 2010 - 2:16am
Gobierno pondrá a la venta sus acciones de azucareras a fines de año El Comercio Participación estatal en Andahuasi, Tumán Paramonga, Pomalca, Laredo y Chucarapi desaparecería a fines del tercer trimestre


Analysis of USDA July WASDE Report

July 14, 2010 - 2:11am
Analysis of USDA’s July 2010 WASDE report by Frank Jenkins of The Jenkins Sugar Group The July 2010 WASDE report from USDA showed an 11.8 % ending stocks/use ratio for 2009-10 and a 9.0 % ending stocks/use ratio form 2010-11. If not for the 270,000 tons of additional imports as per the TRQ [...]


Russia – The sharp fall in imports on the month is because particularly low raw sugar import duties in May encouraged purchasing that month.

July 14, 2010 - 2:08am
DJ Russia Sugar Imports Plunge On MonthYear In June The sharp fall in imports on the month is because particularly low raw sugar import duties in May encouraged purchasing that month …